Recently, I attended the Ohio State Ministers Meeting in Columbus, Ohio. It was a great time of ministry and fellowship. While there, I had the privilege of seeing one of my old college buddies, James E. Valentine, of Wooster, OH. Jim shared with me the creative way that he was able to turn a disaster into a blessing. Here is his story in his own words.

Counsel & Capital (“C&C”), a non-profit organization focused on building bridges of trust and accountability between ‘left-brain’ donors and Christian ministries, announced today that they have selected Faith Comes By Hearing (“FCBH”) to receive their 2010 Ministry Award.

The Southern Baptist Convention’s own research arm reports that SBC membership will fall nearly 50 percent by 2050 unless its aging denomination does more to strengthen evangelism, particularly to young people.

All Christians in the Middle East are now “legitimate targets.” That warning from al Qaeda in Iraq was issued on Wednesday coming in the aftermath of the Oct. 31 massacre of 64 people, mostly Christian worshippers, in Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad.

Pathway Press and the International minsitry of Youth and Discipleship are coordinating the annual Teacher of the Year nomination program in the Church of God.

A new faith-based social network called The Churchyard launched this past week after 2 years of BETA testing. The Churchyard is becoming the fastest growing network among Christians on the internet offering a healthy alternative to facebook and twitter.

If the Big Bang theory holds up, it will confirm that there was a beginning to the universe just as the Genesis’s account stated some 3,500 years before the Big Bang theory developed.

The Waterproof Bible created and published by Bardin & Marsee Publishing has been on QVC shopping channel twice over the last few months.

For the third consecutive year, Operation Compassion has been evaluated and included in the Chronicle of Philanthropy Top 400.